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Homebased Standing Core Exercise Training Improves Femoral Blood Flow but not Arterial Stiffness in Middle-Aged to Older Adults

Hsin-Fu Lin, Soun-Cheng Wang, Hao-Min Cheng, Jun Sugawara
Pages: 75 - 81
Homebased exercise is often advocated to improve physical fitness in the aging population, especially when outdoor activity is not available. Yet we often have a limited understanding of its training effects for clinical uses. Aim: To investigate a short-term exercise training of standing core exercise...

Analysis of the Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on Non-Performing Loans of Commercial Banks

Peilin Tian
At present, the total balance of non-performing loans of major commercial banks shows a rising trend, which not only seriously weakens the economic support role of commercial banks, but also seriously affects the net profit income and economic asset quality of commercial banks. The national financial...

Unveiling the Carbon Footprint: Investigating the Influence of Socio-Economic Factors on Carbon Emissions through FMOLS Analysis

Amin Pujiati, Fafurida, Amelia Choya Tia Rosalia, Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Nadia Damayanti
This study investigates the relationship between carbon emissions and several socio-economic factors in E7 countries, employing the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) method. The examined factors include population, renewable energy consumption, net trade, and greenhouse gases. We employ the...

Performance Evaluation of Fisherman Community Empowerment Policy in Tinambung District, Polewali Mandar Regency.

Cicci Yuliah Manaf
Karama Village and Tangnga-Tangnga Village are two coastal areas in Tinambung District that have been touched by the program for the procurement of nylon gill net fishing gear. The program for the procurement of nylon gill net fishing gear is a form of activity carried out by the government in order...
Proceedings Article

LncRNA MEG3 Is Involved in Endothelial Differentiation of Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Na Huang, Rui Zhang, Danyang Shi, Doudou Li, Hongpeng He, Hao Zhou, Tong-Cun Zhang, Nan Wang
The role of long non-coding RNA in endothelial differentiation of MSCs remains poorly understood. In this study, the levels of several lncRNAs including MEG3, MALAT1, SNHG5, lnc00657 and TUG1, which are high expressed in endothelial cells, were detected in hMSCs and HUVECs by real-time PCR. The results...
Proceedings Article

Particle Swarm Optimization with Comprehensive Learning & Self-adaptive Mutation

Hao Tan, Jianjun Li, Jing Huang
As a representative method of swarm intelligence, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is an algorithm for searching the global optimum in the complex space through cooperation and competition among the individuals in a population of particle. But the basic PSO has some demerits, such as relapsing into...
Proceedings Article

Multiple Centroid-Based Multi-Object Tracking by Decision Making

Hao Zhou, Jian He, Zhangqin Huang
Multiple object tracking(MOT) has many applications in different life scenes, such as autonomous driving and traffic management. A novel approach to object predictive tracking, which is based on the Multiple centroid, is proposed in this paper to overcome the problems of occlusion, scale changes and...

Local Wisdom: Mathematics Among Angler’s Activities

Farida Nursyahidah, Irkham Ulil Albab, Bagus Ardi Saputro
Ethno-mathematics or mathematics carried by ethnics in a particular area is a nation treasure that can build future Indonesian educational characters. This article describes how angler in Indonesia uses mathematics in their daily activities and its potential to be context in designing learning activities...
Proceedings Article

A Programming Language Type Checking Approach to Workflow Net Verification

Genio Brylle Viernes
A workflow net is a computational tool for modeling business processes. Their verification is crucial for ensuring that the processes they model follow a criteria of correctness. In this paper, we observe that workflow net constructs can be mapped to programming language features. This mapping allows...
Proceedings Article

Effects of Exogenous Melatonin on Photosynthesis of Chinese Cabbage Seedlings under NaCl Stress

Yi Tang, Renheng Lin, Jingyu Lan, Huanxiu Li
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of spraying melatonin (MT) on photosynthesis of Chinese cabbage seedlings under NaCl stress. The result showed that net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs), water use efficiency (WUE), light use efficiency (LUE) and transpiration rate...
Proceedings Article

The Effect of Precipitants on Ce-La Solid Solution Prepared from Mixed Rare Earth Chloride by a Co-Precipitation Method

Xue Han, Hongrui Hao, Ronggui Guo
Ce-La solid solution were prepared from mixed rare earth chloride via the co-precipitation method using various precipitants: urea, Na2CO3, NaHCO3, (NH4)2CO3 and NH4HCO3. The effects of the precipitants on the physicochemical properties, crystal structure and morphology of the Ce-La solid solution are...

Improving Students’ Innovation Capability via “Project-Driven” and “Joint-Guiding” Research Training Strategy

Shen Hao-yu, Hu Miq-qin, Zhang Zhi-xiang
In contemporary education, it is very important to improve students’ innovation capability, especially in their early age. Since 2015, research training projects for this aim have been launched and carried out by the cooperation with qualified high school and university or scientific research institute....
Conference Abstract

3.5 CUFF BLOOD PRESSURE IS PROGRESSIVELY MORE BIASED WITH INCREASING AGE: INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT LEVEL ANALYSIS FROM THE INSPECT CONSORTIUM

Dean Picone, Martin Schultz, Petr Otahal, Ahmed Al-Jumaily, J. Andrew Black, Willem Bos, Chen-Huan Chen, Hao-Min Chen, Antoine Cremer, Nathan Dwyer, Ricardo Fonseca Diaz, Brian Gould, Alun Hughes, Hack-Lyoung Kim, Peter Lacy, Esben Laugesen, Sandy Muecke, Nobuyuki Ohte, Stefano Omboni, Christian Ott, Xiaoqing Peng, Telmo Pereira, Giacomo Pucci, Philip Roberts-Thomson, Niklas Rossen, Roland Schmieder, Velandai Srikanth, Ralph Stewart, George Stouffer, Daisuke Sueta, Kenji Takazawa, Ji-Guang Wang, Thomas Weber, Berend Westerhof, Bryan Williams, Hirotsugu Yamada, Eiichiro Yamamoto, James Sharman
Pages: 73 - 74
Objectives: Accurate blood pressure (BP) measurement is critical for appropriate hypertension diagnosis and management. Aortic BP represents pressure loading on vital organs and this can be approximated using upper arm cuff BP. With advancing age, cuff systolic BP (SBP) increases and diastolic BP (DBP)...
Proceedings Article

Fagopyrum Mill-A Review of Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Effects

Jin-Shuang Zhao, Cheng-Hao Yu, Cheng Peng
OBJECTIVE: The present review is an attempt to update our knowledge about the phytochemistry and diverse pharmacological effects of the three types of Fagopyrum Mill against various pathological targets including cancer, high cholesterol, cardiovascular, inflammation, pain, diabetes and etc, and then...
Proceedings Article

High-speed Image Acquisition and Network Transmission System Based on FPGA

Hao Wang, Zhi Weng, Xiaochun Li
Through the study of the Camera Link interface protocol, the Ethernet protocol, and the VGA display sequence, the writer designs a high-speed image acquisition and network transmission system based on FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) and details the...
Proceedings Article

D-STATCOM Predictive Direct Power Control Research Under Unbalanced Voltage of Power System

Tianyi Qu, Hao Peng
Predictive direct power control strategy is led into the research of distribution network D-STATCOM. When the grid voltage is asymmetrical, the 2 times frequency instantaneous power pulsation of PPC will cause D-STATCOM output current total harmonic distortion rate higher. After analyzing the relationship...
Proceedings Article

Context-aware Pedestrian Detection with Salient Region Self-growing in Far-infrared Images

Hao Sheng, Meiyuan Liu, Yanwei Zheng, Yang Liu
In this paper, we present a new framework to detect pedestrians in infrared images. The framework consists of a candidate generation module and a classification module, both of which are implemented based on convolution neural network. Specifically, we learned effective segmentation threshold by deep...
Proceedings Article

An Energy Balanced Clustering Algorithm Based on LEACH Protocol

Qian Liao, Hao Zhu
The primary objectives of the wireless sensor network routing protocol design are balancing network energy consumption and extending the entire network lifetime. This paper analyses the effectiveness of LEACH protocol in cluster-head selection, and proposes an improved clustering algorithm. This new...

The Relationship Between CSR Disclosure and Company Profitability in Indonesia

Seto Satriyo Bayu Aji, Ondrej Castek
In this modern era, companies could depend on CSR activities to increase public trust in company products, resulting in rising company profits. This paper focuses on the relationship between CSR Disclosure and Company’s Profitability in the Asia Sustainability Report Awards (ASRA) 2019 Winner Company....

Application of UTAUT2 for Analysis of Use Behavior Management Information System (SIMBMD) in Regional Government XYZ

Rhamadina Fitrah Umami, Mohammad Isa Irawan
Regional government financial reports in Indonesia, especially in district XYZ are currently entering a period of quality improvement. This is indicated by the increase in the number of regional government Financial Reports that obtain Unqualified Opinion from Audit Board BPK RI. This success is certainly...
Proceedings Article

Reliability Analysis of Railway Signaling System Based Petri Net

Hongxia Chen, Qiang Sun
Railway signaling system is essential equipment for high speed railway and passenger special line, and it play an important role to ensure safety and improve efficiency. Reliability analysis to railway signaling system is necessary and valuable. Railway signaling system is a complex and dynamic system....

A Course Guideline for the Design of Specialized English Courses for Non-commissioned Officers from the Perspective of Content-based Instruction

Wenhui Hao, Yucheng Zhou, Mei Song, Shasha Wu
Based on the perspective of Content-Based Instruction (CBI), this paper attempts to provide a guidance method for the design of specialized English courses for non-commissioned officers. By sorting out the concept of CBI and combining with the teaching practice of ESP (English for Specific Purposes)...

Google Sites and Wordwall.net – Online Tools for Learning Basic Integration

Bryan Jake Amaro, Margaret Bueno, Eunice Mareth Querol-Areola
Philippine education is not a stranger to various reforms and changes. One of the current educational trends is the implementation of online classes. The internet has been utilized to deliver lectures and discussions as opposed to the traditional face-to-face classroom setup. As the quarantine restrictions...

Application and Comparison of NPV and IRR Methods in the Company Investment Decision

Jinqiao Huang, Jianwen Tong, Peini Wang, Xilin Zheng
In order to find out the application conditions of Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) in practice, based on previous studies, the paper summarized the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods and explores the specific application conditions in corporate finance. The results...

Evaluation of Social Benefits for Thermal Power Enterprise Standardization

Hui Liu
Social benefits of standardization are the non-economic social and environmental effects and interests produced by standardization. For thermal power enterprises, such benefits mainly comprise two parts, i.e. environmental protection and energy conservation. This paper takes Tianjin Datang International...
Proceedings Article

Reasearch on Camouflage Performance of Hanging Plants

Xianhui Rong, Yue Ma, Qi Jia, Weidong Xu, Xuliang Lv
In the engineering practice of camouflage, which is located under the background of mountain forest land national defense engineering needs to disguise. A kind of effective method to deal with the optical band infrared and radar reconnaissance is needed. In the forest background, vegetation is a common...
Proceedings Article

Syntheses and Characterization of Luminescent Materials of Compound ZnO6N2C29H28

Chang Sheng Gu, Xiao Min Hao, Li Li Ji, Yong Li
One new luminescent materials of complex C29H28N2O6Zn (1) was synthesized by evaporation methods using (4-hydroxyphenyl)acetate(4-HOBA), 4,4'-trimethylenendipyridine(TDP) and Zn(NO3)2. And the complex was characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, thermogravimetrie analysis(TGA), XRD, X-ray single-crystal...

Valuation of Upstream Oil and Gas Projects using Discounted Cash Flow Methods

Zarpani Zarpani
The objectives of this study are to valuing the interest in the project development of the "AAX" oil field, "NW NTX" working area which is currently held by "AX" limited and "STX" Limited as contractor under the terms of Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Indonesian government, represented by...
Proceedings Article

Analysis of the Difference in Frequency Sound Waves to the Catch of Gulamah Fish (Johnius trachycephalus) Using a Trammel Net in the Coastal Area of Surabaya

Nurul Rosana, Nuddin Harahab, Gatot Ciptadi, Andi Kurniawan, Supartono, Viv Djanat Prasita, Suryadhi, Safriudin Rifandi, Amirul Muminin
The attractor is a fishing aid in form of light or sound waves that attracts fish attention, thereby getting them closer to the fishing gear. This research aims to analyze the difference in the frequency of sound wave attractors to the catch of gulamah fish (Johnius trachycephalus) using a trammel net...

Study on NFT Market Ecology and Pricing Mechanism from the Perspective of Economics

Dahe Zhang
Non homogeneous token (NFT) based on blockchain is a kind of digital asset ownership recorded on blockchain, which is unique, irreplaceable and indivisible. As a core requirement in the smart economy, NFTs have been widely used in collectibles, encrypted artworks and games. Firstly, this paper expounds...

Analysis of the Path of Rural Vocational Schools Serving Rural Revitalization under the Background of Vocational Education in the New Era

Hao Wang, Longjian Xie
With the deepening of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, the role of vocational education in promoting rural revitalization strategy has become increasingly evident. Many vocational schools have conducted comprehensive exploration and practice, accumulating valuable experience. However,...
Proceedings Article

Physiological Response of Shallots (Allium ascalonicum L.) to Inoculation of Diazotrophic Bacteria

Dwi Okti Lestari, Eny Rokhminarsi, Purwanto
This research was aimed to study the effect of diazotrophic bacteria application on nitrogen uptake, chlorophyll content and rate of assimilation in shallot. The research was carried out in a screen house Experimental Farm and the Laboratory of Agronomy and Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Jenderal...

Exploration of Volatility and Market Risk of Stock Return Rate in Listed Financial Enterprises Based on Fair Value Measurement

Hui Xue
The measurement attribute of fair value has been proved to improve the transparency of financial statement information. However, there are few guidelines on fair value measurement in accounting standards, so it is difficult to meet the need of fair value measurement in practical application. Taking the...

The Analysis Feasibility Study on the Financial Aspects of Islamic Perspective

Hamdi Agustin, Azwirman Azwirman
The purpose of this study is to calculate the feasibility of investing in the financial aspects by using an Islamic perspective namely Hamdi’s Method. Hamdi’s Method uses the calculations of gold value method (GVM) and gold index (GI) which is a substitute for calculations in conventional concept, namely...
Proceedings Article

Study on Tensile Properties of TRU Plate under Conventional Environment and Acidic Environment

Bing Wang, Jing-Wei Ren, Qing-Xin Ren, Rui-Jia Hao, Bao-Lin Guo, Yu-Fan Wan, Rui-Shuang Jiang
Ultra-high toughness cementitious composites (UHTCC) and textile have emerged as advanced composite materials in recent years. Combining these materials results in textile reinforced ultra-high toughness cementitious composites (TRU). In this paper, the tensile properties of TRU plates were studied....

Strategizing Circular Transitions: Capability Development in Resource-Constrained Firms

Tran Viet Anh
The transition to circular business models (CBMs) is central to advancing sustainable development and achieving net-zero ambitions, particularly in emerging economies facing both ecological pressures and institutional constraints. This study examines how firms in Vietnam develop and deploy dynamic capabilities...
Proceedings Article

Sensitivity Analysis of Swiftlet Farming in Kota Bangun, District Kutai Kartanegara Regency, Indonesia

Mursidah Mursidah, Abubakar M. Lahjie, Masjaya Masjaya, Yaya Rayadin
farming is a high-risk business. However, given the level of income (as measured by financial viability), most swiftlet farmers take the risk. Swiftlet farming is a business that lasts for a long time. During this period there are several changes that occur, which will affect the viability of the business....
Proceedings Article

Effect of Exogenous 24-Epibrassinolide on Salt Resistance of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) under Salinity Stress

Weishun Cheng, Yibing Huang, Congfang Meng, Na Zhang, Hongxia Zeng, Jian Ren, Yuhua Li, Yuhong Sun
The present study investigates the role of 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) in inducing plant tolerance to salinity. Seedlings of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) were grown in the presence of 70 mM NaCl and were sprayed with 10-6 M EBL at 7 days after transplantation and were sampled at 28 day. The plants...

Maximising the Local Economic Impact of Heritage Conservation for Cultural Tourism

Libby Edmunds
Cultural tourism is one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry. For developing countries rich in cultural and natural heritage, cultural tourism is one of the main contributors to local economic development often providing the motivation to conserve a local community's cultural heritage....

Education Development Research of the MOOC in Colleges and Universities under Mobile Internet Environment

Lei Hao, Yanliang Jie
With the development of mobile Internet technology in recent years, the online education model represented by MOOC education has been more and more integrated into traditional teaching. As a product of organic integration of Internet technology and education and teaching in the era of informationization,...
Proceedings Article

Research of Informatization Solutions in Class Management

Shun Yao, Genghuang Yang, Yingmei Zhang, Xiayi Hao
Education informatization is the ultimate goal of educational development. As the most important element of education system, good management of class is the guarantee of high teaching level and quality. The application of information technology in the course of class management, is combining the management...

Tax Fraud Reporting: The Effect of Envious Motive and Financial Reward

Retnaningtyas Widuri, Illona Jevera, Janice Zerlinda
This research examines the influence of envious and financial reward on tax fraud reporting. The focus in this research is on the motivation of a tax payer in reporting other tax payer who committed tax fraud. This research use fully crossed between-subjects design in experimental studies. This research...

Study on Virtual Simulation Experiment System of Fire Escape and Emergency Evacuation

Wenqi Zeng, Fengtao Hao
Once the fire accident happens, it will seriously threaten people’s lives. So it is very important to learn how to deal with dangerous situation. However, it is impossible to directly acquire the experience of fire escape and emergency evacuation by repeatedly experiencing the real situation of fire...
Proceedings Article

Fracture Behavior Analysis of Mitred Welded Joint of High Grade Steel Pipeline

Jian Chen, Haonan Zhang, Yue Yang, Yuanhong Chen, Feng Wang, Hao Wang, Xiaoben Liu
Crack is a high-risk engineering disease in civil engineering. It is necessary to master the specific types and causes and strengthen crack control. Pipeline welded joint is one of the most prone to crack position. Pipeline structures are widely used in civil engineering, especially in the field of oil...
Proceedings Article

Correlation of the Emergency Handling Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) for High-speed Railway and Strong-motion Indices using K-net Data

Linjuan Bai
The emergency handling Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) has been used as a measure of braking for High-speed Railway (Shinkansen) during earthquake in Japan, and it necessitates to know the correlation between PGA and other strong motion indices, e.g. un-filtered Peak Ground Acceleration (PGAu), Japan...

Optimization of Research on Case-base Structure based on Information Entropy

Bin Huang, Hao Li
The core step of Case-based Reasoning is to retrieval and match the case with the fault feature accurately and efficiently, the scale of the case library is becoming larger because of the case studies feature, but the redundancy is becoming clearer at the same time, it influences the accuracy. The effective...
Proceedings Article

Effects of minor Sr addition on solidified structure and mechanical properties of Mg-Y-Cu alloy reinforced by long period ordered structure

Sen Zhang, Quan Zhou, Hao Zhang
Solidified structure and mechanical properties of Mg97Y2Cu1 alloy reinforced by long period ordered structure with 0-0.3%wt Sr addition were investigated. The results indicate that the addition of Sr ranging from 0.1% to 0.2%, solidified structure of the alloy refines and homogenizes gradually. When...
Proceedings Article

Implementation of the Model for Identifying and Referring Hardware in Complex Simulation Systems

Zhang Zhichun, Xiao Jingxin, He Yun, Zhao Zhenpen, Tang Shengquan, Bu Jian
This paper focuses on complex simulation systems with a large-scale of hardware controlled items to resolve the problems about the identification, sampling driving, transformation and reference of hardware items. A formal resolving model with its software supporting system is presented to decouple the...
Proceedings Article

Study on Time-of-Use Power Price on Demand Side Based on Game Theory

Ruixin Chen, Wei Liu, Hao Yu
Demand response plays an important role in realizing power supply and demand balance as well as optimizing resource allocation. In an increasingly open market environment, it is necessary to study the interests of each participant in demand response and formulate a reasonable and effective response mechanism....
Proceedings Article

Entomological Assessment in Tangerang, Indonesia: Post Transmission Assessment Survey of Lymphatic Filariasis Endemic Villages

Heni Prasetyowati, Muhammad Umar Riandi, Joni Hendri, Mara Ipa
A transmission assessment survey (TAS) has been conducted in 2014 following five years mass drug administration (MDA) of anti-filarial medication in Tangerang district. To assess vector density and transmission dynamic of lymphatic filariasis (LF) after the MDA implementation, entomological surveys were...